Hi Everyone
Well just like that another week
went by! This week was a lot better, we were always super busy! I am really
having troubles thinking about the details of this past week. We had a really
good lesson with one of Juan David's friends. He is a 17 year old kid and is
way nice. We had already talked about the Restoration with him and so we come
with Juan David and we talk about the importance of the Book of Mormon in
gaining a testimony. It was a super spiritual lesson and Juan David bore a very
powerful testimony because he is a convert (like everyone on the island) and he
is also preparing to go on a mission so it really helped his friend and
afterwards Juan David said that now he knows why missionaries are always so
happy, because we get to do that every day! And it’s true! I love sharing the
Gospel!
Speaking of that, we were out
contacting last night and it was getting late, but we decided to try one more
house before going home. We offered a short prayer and then I kind of had the
feeling we should go up to this one house, but it was completely dark and
nobody was outside, so Instead we tried the house next door. The front door was
open but nobody answered so as we were walking away, I heard a guy cough from
the dark house. There weren't any lights, but there was a super dark Jamaican
guy sitting there that I couldn't see! I thought I was talking with nobody so I
quickly made him laugh and then I saw teeth, so I started talking with him and
he said that he is recently married and he made a promise that if God would let
him marry a beautiful girl, he would turn his life around and go to church. He
said he had been looking and praying for help to have the courage to go to
church! He is a very humble guy and we have a lesson with him later today! I
can't wait! So I guess what we learn from that is even if you are a super black
Jamaican trying to disappear in the dark, God still hears and answers your
prayers. Have I mentioned how cool Jamaican accents are??
I came to a very interesting realization this
past week, and it’s that every good story on your mission comes from
contacting! Or I think you guys call it tracting, but in Spanish it translates
to contacting. But anyways the good, the bad, and the funny stories come from
contacting and I love it! This week we had an afternoon with all three! We had
a really good contact that we will visit again tomorrow, we had a really funny
one where the daughter was trying to flirt with us and her Dad kept saying things
to her in Papiamento to motivate her because he thought we didn't speak Papiamento,
We contacted this one house and
this freaking GIANT came out! He was like 7 feet tall but not skinny! He was
super muscular and had really broad shoulders and after I introduced myself he
said I can't talk to you. I asked him why and he said "Porque tu eres de
Jesucristo, y yo soy de SATANAS"(You are of Christ and I am of Satan) and
his voice got all deep and creepy when he said that I said oh ok, bye and I
freaking turned tail and ran! And my companion couldn't stop laughing. So apparently
we had a run in with a devil worshiper. Haha
there is never a dull moment with us!
I am really enjoying the mission but it seems
like the more you enjoy it the faster it goes! I guess that’s just the way it
is though.
Anyways until next week,
Elder Harsh
Blake on top of a cave in Aruba
Great as usual. Always making lemonade out of lemons.
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